CVE-2025-32801

Loading a malicious hook library can lead to local privilege escalation

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: May 28, 2025
Updated: May 28, 2025
Reserved: Apr 10, 2025

Description

Kea configuration and API directives can be used to load a malicious hook library. Many common configurations run Kea as root, leave the API entry points unsecured by default, and/or place the control sockets in insecure paths. This issue affects Kea versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.1, 2.6.0 through 2.6.2, and 2.7.0 through 2.7.8.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	isc

Weaknesses

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
KeaISC	2.4.0 through 2.4.1Affected 2.6.0 through 2.6.2Affected 2.7.0 through 2.7.8Affected

References

CVE-2025-32801vendor-advisory

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